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Merry Christmas and peace on earth for 2016

We attend Trinity United Methodist Church in North Myrtle Beach. If you would like to be surrounded by and feel as if you are truly being held in the palm of God’s hands, we invite you to experience what is the normal at Trinity.

On Sunday every seat in God’s house was taken. We get to experience music that will give you “goosies” and make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. The Trinity Symphony, directed by Melody Evans, is awesome! Both Pastor Michael Ritter, along with his wife Laurie Ritter and Pastor Ed Daniel have phenomenal voices.

I would also like to say their sermons will fill your heart and make you a believer. Tis the Season and with all the craziness going on all around us, it will bring you to your knees and make you thankful to be a U.S. citizen, where you can be a Christian and be allowed to praise our awesome God and be proud and open about it.

It's hard not to become teary-eyed throughout the wonderful services. Let's please keep Christ in Christmas and let there be peace on Earth. What could be a better tribute to the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus, remember that is what we are supposed to be celebrating? Merry Christmas and peace on Earth and let 2016 be a new beginning.

Debra Haught, Little River

This story was originally published December 21, 2015 at 9:23 AM with the headline "Merry Christmas and peace on earth for 2016."

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